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I don't like her behavior but how do companies have the legal right to fire someone over things they do outside of work that happen to get caught on video? I'm naive to this, please educate me
Under the employment-at-will doctrine, an employer can generally fire an employee for any reason or for no reason at all. However, employers cannot terminate employees for reasons that would violate federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.
“Following our internal review of the incident in Central Park yesterday, we have made the decision to terminate the employee involved, effective immediately. We do not tolerate racism of any kind at Franklin Templeton,†the company said in a tweet.
No disrespect but she will be alright. She is white and will get chances to redeem herself (not a privilege open to Blacks typically). She might even use this to her advantage in the future.
She's lucky she has a common name like Amy Cooper. I bet there are a hundred Amy Coopers on linkedin. When you're really screwed is if you have an uncommon name and you're easy to Google.
On the other hand, if anyone googles Amy Cooper and the name of the company that fired her, about a thousand news articles are going to come up.
I think a hint about her self-identified liberalism is in the video. In the midst of being racist, she maintains the term "African American" for this black man. I've noticed that of my white friends who insist on the term African American, it's always the ones who consider themselves the most liberal/open-minded.
Clearly she thinks of herself that way and then pulls this!
When people post where they work on linkedin, they are tying their employer's reputation into theirs. She harmed her employer's reputation. This is a VP. Before this, googling her name would likely bring a result showing her employer.
Now if you want to stay with your opinion, I'd be ok with it with 2 caveats: (1) you can't list employers on social media, and (2) You can't list specific employers on your resume.
Deal?
Never understood why people do that. Post all your business online
She's lucky she has a common name like Amy Cooper. I bet there are a hundred Amy Coopers on linkedin. When you're really screwed is if you have an uncommon name and you're easy to Google.
On the other hand, if anyone googles Amy Cooper and the name of the company that fired her, about a thousand news articles are going to come up.
She pulled her Linkedin page as far as I know. But hey, what a great event to put on a resume. It is pretty amazing how a fifteen minutes of infamy via social media can eff you up for a long time. I don't wish her ill, but this is a big wake up call to the woke shell of a person that seizes up on account of "entitlement syndrome".
I don't like her behavior but how do companies have the legal right to fire someone over things they do outside of work that happen to get caught on video? I'm naive to this, please educate me
Constitutions (both state and federal) generally don't limit what actions private citizens and companies may take. Rather, they tend to limit what actions governments can take, and even that's not universal.
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